The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-01
BRITISH POLITICS IN AMERICA

1t is worth while to note how British
politicians are more and more given to
fighting their political battles in this
country. Nay, ic other matters even,
we find citizens of the mother country
leaning on her strapping offspring. We
find DR.. Parker, of the London Temple
Church, landing on the United States a
few days ago and announcing his in
tention to lecture here, in addition to
which he will deliver an eulogy on his
late friend and fellow minister, Henry
Ward Beecher. Not year passes that
members OF the Nationalist party do
not come to America to be strength
ened by the backbone of all
successful mundane undertakings
money. And it is certainly
due to American liberality, and to
love for the old sod which fingers IN
dying in the Irishman's heart, that
Parneu and his colleagues have made
such marvellous progress toward secur-
ing home rule for Ireland. In the contro
versy that has for two years been going
OF between English parties on the con-
dition of Ireland, it was stated that not
much less than $25 ,OO0, 600 was given to
Ireland annually by the inhabitants of
other countries, and that the great
bulk of this amount came from America.
This being the case, if America were to
close on her donations, not only would
the cause of home rule in Ireland
lsnguish and perhaps fail, but
the whole of Ireland would become
bankrupt-peasants, landlords, poll
ticians and all. On thess contri-
buttons many conservative landlords
live in splendor on the banks of the
Thames. To keep up this generous
outpouring for the cause of home rule
and for the love of poor ones left help
less On the ould sod natives of Ireland
her descendants and sympathizers in
this country-are appealed to at no in
frequent intervals, and thus the bond
between the two nations is the more
closely knit. Hence, English politi-
clans fight pitched battles in this
country; hence it is that William
O'Brien went into Canada and was
mobbed out of it by the lawless
OTangemen. 1t is because of this
that the announcement was made a
few days ago of the coming of other
Irishmen. This morning it appears
that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the Lib
eraI-Tory nything to beat-Gladstone
politician, and Jesse Co lings, his man
Friday, of three acres and COW repu
talon, are also, with others, to visit this
generous nation. Mr.. Chamberlain
comes as a member of the fisheries
commission; but Mr.. Chamberlain Will
also do some political work, as will Mr..
Ceilings. They all do it, and will con-
tinue to, so long as this country proves
so potent factor in British politics. 1t
does look as if We would have to take
hold of the whole British empire yet
and carry it. Were American donations
to Ireland to cease entirely, in two years
every landlord in that depressed coun-
try would be glad to sell out; but to
bring about this contamination half the
population would starve. And while
these donations do help to carry on the
political fight, the end of which is home
rule for Ireland, they also fatten many
a detested Tory, who, without them,
would find his rents diminish and his
lands impoverish year by year.
It is no wonder that English poll
ticians can stand to have their political
questions debated on this side and thus
keep up the interest.